rest of my life, taking this to my grave. the last thing i ever wanted to do especially october 20th, 2014, was to shoot mcdonald. reporter: he received a call people were breaking into vehicles. mcdonald had been walking erratically carrying a knife before van dyke arrived on scene. dash-cam video shows less than 8 seconds of leaving his suv, he shot the first shot. causing him to fall to the ground. he fired 13 more shots however a 15-second period emptying his weapon. police initially said he lunged at them and it was only released when a cook county judge ordered it to be released a year later. large protests followed. van dyke faced up to 20 years
anybody have a taser? help out 401 keeler, looking for a taser. reporter: these radio transmissions are the first audio accounts from the night of october 20th, 2014, when 17-year-old laquan mcdonald was shot to death. we re coming from archer and mulligan. all right. got 812 coming. anyone else closer? 401 keeler with a taser. reporter: the first officers on scene were not armed with tasers. but it s obvious the officers were looking for a less lethal way to subdue mcdonald who was caught breaking into vehicles at a trucking yard. he s walking eastbound. walking towards pulaski from keeler, eastbound on 40th street. reporter: the dispatcher repeatedly requests that someone respond to the scene with a taser. anybody close yet? 401 keeler? if i can get help with a 15 robert with a taser. reporter: dashcam video shows mcdonald walking with a knife in
the scene. dash cam video of the shooting was released last month showing mcdonald being shot 16 times by officer jason van dyke. we get more from investigative reporter tammy light nner from wmaq in chicago. reporter: these radio transmissions are the first audio accounts from the night of october 20th, 2014 when 17-year-old laquan mcdonald was shot to death. we re coming from archer. anyone else closer? with a taser? reporter: the first officers on scene were not armed with tasers but it s obvious from these radio calls the officers were looking for a less lethal way to subdue mcdonald, who was caught breaking into vehicles at a trucking yard.
and we re back now with the panel. so let s start with the time line of events in this case. on october 20th, 2014, mcdonald is shot 16 times by a chicago police officer. april 7th of this year, emmanuel is re-elected. the next day, april 8th city attorneys agree to a $5 million settlement with the family. november 24th, the city finally releases video of the shooting and charges the police officer with first degree murder. karl, e-mails show that the mayor s office knew about the possibility of a video in this case more than a year ago. so the question i have is do you think the mayor slowed this case down, slow walked it to get past the election? well, i don t know who slow walked it, but yes, i think people said this would be explosive, it would be likely to damage his re-election chances and somebody, i suspect it was not the mayor, but somebody said
now, more of the breaking news in chicago. hundreds of protesters are marching, demanding the resignation of the mayor. it s happening just hours after the mayor delivered a special speech to the city council where he took responsibility for the police shooting death of laquan mcdonald. happened on october 20th, 2014. should never have happened. supervision and leadership in the police department and the oversight agencies that were in place failed. and that has to change. i am the mayor. as i said the other day, i own it. angry protesters gathered outside the chamber as the mayor spoke calling for him to step